Phillip Walker

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Phillip Walker (born February 11, 1937 in Welsh , Louisiana , † July 22, 2010 in Palm Springs , California ) was an American blues singer and guitarist of the West Coast blues .

Life

Walker learned to play the guitar as a teenager; his early role models were the guitarists T-Bone Walker and Clarence Gatemouth Brown. At the age of 17 he became a member of the band of Zydeco musician Clifton Chenier , with whom he went on tour for two years. He then played with Memphis R&B singer Rosco Gordon and Texas guitarist Long John Hunter . After moving to California in 1959, he recorded some singles such as Hello My Darling for the Elko label by JR Fulbright and then worked with producer Bruce Bromberg and songwriter Dennis Walker; together in the 1960s the guitarist made records for the labels Vault, Fantasy , Joliet and Playboy. After making records for Rounder Records , Walker moved to Bromberg's Hightone label and the New Orleans label Black Top Records. During the 1990s he recorded for Chicago's Alligator Records , his best known track being " Lone Star Shootout " with musicians Long John Hunter and Lonnie Brooks in 1999. His last album was released in 2007 on Delta Groove ( Going Back Home ).

Discography

  • The Bottom of the Top (Playboy / HighTone, 1973)
  • Someday You'll Have These Blues (Joliet, 1977)
  • The Blues Show! Live at Pit Inn (Yupiteru, 1980)
  • From LA to LA (Rounder, 1982)
  • Tough As I Want to Be (Rounder, 1984)
  • Blues (HighTone, 1988)
  • Big Blues from Texas (JSP, 1994)
  • Working Girl Blues ( Black Top Records , 1995)
  • I Got a Sweet Tooth ( Black Top Records , 1998)
  • Lone Star Shootout (Alligator, 1999)
  • Live at Biscuits & Blues (MC, 2002)
  • Going Back Home (Delta Groove Productions, 2007)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary in Variety 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 23, 2010)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.variety.com  
  2. ^ Biography in Allmusic (accessed on July 23, 2010)
personal data
SURNAME Walker, Phillip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walker, Steve Phillip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues musician
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Welsh , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 2010
Place of death Palm Springs , California